📚 5 Books mentioned in "Tom Segura On Stoicism And The Craft Of Comedy" of The Daily Stoic

The Daily Stoic

Podcast: The Daily Stoic

Episode: Tom Segura On Stoicism And The Craft Of Comedy

Published on October 7, 2023

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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Deliver Me from Nowhere

by Warren Zanes

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Well, that book, the book I was recommending to you, it's called Deliver Me From Nowhere, and it's about, which actually we should talk about this—so it's about the recording of the album Nebraska, which he does.

In this segment, Ryan Holiday recommends a book titled Deliver Me From Nowhere, which discusses the creation of Bruce Springsteen's album 'Nebraska'.

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Mastery

by Robert Greene

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In Robert Greene's Mastery, he talks about like your sort of life's task: how do you find what that thing is?

In this segment, Ryan Holiday references the book Mastery by Robert Greene, highlighting its insights on discovering one's life task.

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The 48 Laws of Power (Special Power Edition)

by Robert Greene

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Yeah, so I was working for Robert Green at the time, and so um, I had his like books on my desk, and one of which was the 48 Laws of Power, and the manager of the comp, the one of the partners at the company, one of the partners was a fan; that's who hired me, who I was working for.

The podcast host, Ryan Holiday, recalls a time when he had the book 'The 48 Laws of Power' by Robert Greene on his desk while working at a talent management agency. This mention highlights his experiences during that period, particularly relating to the partners at the company who admired the book.

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The Daily Stoic

by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman

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When I wrote The Daily Stoic eight years ago, I had this crazy idea that I would just keep it going.

In this segment, Ryan Holiday shares his experience of writing The Daily Stoic eight years ago and expresses his ambition to continue the project.

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The Obstacle Is the Way

by Ryan Holiday

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But like I reread the obstacles away to my son at some point during the editing; he wanted to like read something I'd written, and so I read it to him, and I was like, this is fast; like I was like this is so short and tight and fast.

In this segment, Tom Segura shares that he reread his book, The Obstacle Is the Way, to his son while editing. He reflects on how concise and fast-paced the book felt during the reading.

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